A Rare Case of Atrial Septal Mass Secondary to Lymphoma: Case Report and Review of Literature.

The antemortem diagnosis of secondary cardiac involvement by lymphoma remains suboptimal. Prognosis is worse with delayed diagnosis as the tumor burden increases with the multicompartment participation. Chemotherapy may improve survival, but there is a risk of mortality due to treatment-related complications, such as myocardial rupture and fatal arrhythmias.

Aspirin for Primary Prevention in Patients With Elevated Coronary Artery Calcium Score: A Systematic Review of Current Evidences.

The 2019 American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines regarding low-dose aspirin in the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) indicate an increased risk of bleeding without a net benefit. The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score could be used to guide aspirin therapy in high-risk patients without an increased risk of bleeding. With this systematic review, we aimed to analyze studies that have investigated the role of CAC in primary prevention with aspirin.

'From Gut to Heart': A rare case of Bacteremia and native valve endocarditis.

Background: species are very rarely associated with infective endocarditis, accounting for less than 0.01-2.9 % of total bacterial endocarditis cases.

Sex differences on outcomes of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease: A real-world systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Sex differences have diversely affected cardiac diseases. Little is known whether these differences impact outcomes of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT).

Objectives: To assess the impact of sex differences on outcomes of catheter ablation of VT.

Tolvaptan add-on therapy and its effects on efficacy parameters and outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Introduction: Even with the adequate use of diuretics and vasodilators, volume overload and congestion are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (HF). We aim to evaluate the additive effect of tolvaptan on efficacy parameters as well as outcomes in hospitalized patients with HF.

Methods: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library, and Web of Science databases for randomized controlled trials that studied the effects of tolvaptan versus placebo in hospitalized patients with HF.

Temporal Trend, Prevalence, Predictors and Outcomes of Gastrointestinal Bleed in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the United States (from the National Inpatient Sample).

Gastrointestinal bleed (GIB) is an important complication in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) although its prevalence, predictors and outcomes are unknown. The national inpatient sample 2011 to 2018 was analyzed to find hospitalizations with the diagnosis of HC. HC patients were divided into 2 groups: with and without GIB.

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in COVID-19: An Unusual Presentation.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been associated with a significantly increased risk of venous and arterial thromboembolism, particularly in severely sick patients. Recently, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) cases have been reported in the context of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). These cases either had an active COVID infection with a positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or were symptomatic (fever, respiratory symptoms, myalgia) during the presentation.

Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with COVID-19 disease.

Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are known to be variable with growing evidence of nervous system involvement. In this case report, we describe the symptoms of a patient infected with SARS-CoV-2 whose clinical course was complicated with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). We present a case of a 58-year-old woman who was initially diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia due to symptoms of fever and cough.

Bradyarrhythmia secondary to vagus nerve stimulator 7 years after placement.

We present a case of a 38-year-old man with a previous medical history of asthma and refractory epilepsy requiring vagal nerve stimulator (VNS) placement 7 years prior to the presentation who was found to be in atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response during a preoperative evaluation, which prompted transoesophageal echocardiography and subsequent cardioversion. In preparation for cardioversion, the VNS was turned off and the patient was cardioverted to normal sinus rhythm. Following cardioversion, the VNS was activated again.

Bacteremia: Is It Dangerous?

. , an anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus, is a rare cause of opportunistic infections affecting premature infants to seniors. We present a 34-year-old man who was presented for the management of diabetic ketoacidosis and developed bacteremia after one week of hospitalization.